FOR JOINING / FASTENING 用于连接/固定

JEWELLERY 首饰, [AmE] a piece of metal, sometimes containing jewels, that you fasten to your clothes to wear as a decoration

胸针;

ELECTRICAL 电的, [BrE] one of the pieces of metal that sticks out of an electric PLUG

〔电器插头的〕插脚:

a three-pin plug

三脚插头

BOWLING 保龄球, one of the bottle-shaped objects that you try to knock down in a game of BOWLING

〔保龄球运动中的〕球柱，球瓶

you could hear a pin drop, [spoken] used to say that it is very quiet and no one is speaking

静得可以听到针掉下来的声音〔用于表示非常安静〕

PART OF BOMB 炸弹的一部分, a short piece of metal which you pull out of a HAND GRENADE to make it explode a short time later

〔手榴弹上的〕保险栓，保险针

GOLF 高尔夫球, a metal stick with a flag at the top which marks the holes on a GOLF COURSE

〔标示球洞的〕旗杆

for two pins I'd …, [BrE old-fashioned] used to say that you would like to do something to someone because they have annoyed you

恨不得，巴不得…〔用于表示你想要对惹恼你的人做某事〕:

For two pins, I'd just send them all home.

我恨不得把他们都送回家。

pins, [pl.] [BrE informal] legs

腿

to fasten something somewhere, or to join two things together, using a pin

把…别住，把…钉住; 固定住:

Can you pin this to the notice board?

你能把这个钉在布告板上吗？

He pinned the name tag on his jacket.

他把名牌别在了自己的短外套上。

She had photos of her kids pinned up next to her desk.

她把孩子们的照片钉在了她的书桌旁。

to make someone unable to move by putting a lot of pressure or weight on them

按住，压住; 使不能动:

He pinned her arms to her sides.

他把她的胳膊按在身体两侧。

Albert got him pinned against the wall.

阿尔伯特把他按在墙上不能动弹。

They managed to pin him down until the police arrived.

他们按住他直到警察赶来。

Her body was pinned under the weight of the car.

她的身体被压在车身下面。